Excelsior Sports Correspondent
JAMMU, Sept 4: Sonkalan Bharti from West Bengal emerged clear leader after six rounds in the ongoing South Asian Amateur Chess Championship, being organized by All J&K Chess Association and sponsored by J&K State Sports Council at Gurjar Desh Charitable Trust, Channi Himmat, here today.
Among Asian players from Nepal and Bangladesh no one could manage lead. Among J&K players, best performances from Meenal Gupta and Soham Kamotra as both were at 4.5 points.
Around 430 players from 28 states, 200 coaches, managers and officials are participating in the event. The players from Nepal and Bangladesh are also participating in this event. 45 players from J&K are participating in this event. Cash prizes worth Rs 10 lakh will be distributed among the winners’ alongwith trophies and medals. A total of 9 round under Swiss system will be played in this first ever mega international event in J&K.
Fourteen professional Arbiters are working for smooth conduct of this event, while Srivatsan R has been appointed by Asian Chess Federation as Chief Arbiter.
Rakesh Gupta, Chartered Accountant was special guest in today’s round. Atul Kumar Gupta, President AJKCA and Joint secretary All India chess Federation, Ashiq Ahmad Kolu, General Secretary, Baldev Raj and Taranvir Singh Gujral, Vice Presidents, Khalid Amin, Treasurer, Kuljeet Jamwal, Press Secretary, Vikas Nanda, Coordinator, Raj Kumar and Rakesh Gupta.
Meanwhile, matches between Shet Prajwal P and Sonkalan Bharti, Vishwanath Prasad and Mohammed Fasal V U, Srivastava Mithilesh Kumar and Raghav Srivathsav V, Anjana Krishna S and Suresh PK, Abdul Majeed N and Arun Rathi, Mughaho Awomi and Jeet Jain, Ajith MP and Harsh Himanshu, Sanjay Chhabra and Mohite Ranveer, Rupesh Ranjan and Rohan Bharat Joshi, Dheekshith Kumar R and Sandeep Chitkara, Panta Sumit and Sunny Bedi, Mota Pankit and Sahil Dhawan, Souradip Deb and Sayan Banik, Rishabh Nishad and Rao Mitta, Anchit Vyas and Deepak Singh, Soham Kamotra and Joy Lazar MA, Kadav Omkar and Unas KA, Jaspreet Singh and Shweta Gole, Shyam Prasad Reddy K and Johny P, Meenal Gupta and Farhaan M, Bhagyashree Patil and Dilip Das, Sudipta Chakraborty and Shubham Lakudkar, Atembi Laishram and Subba Raju S, Lochan Kumar Das and Raunak Mondal and Abhishek Pandey and Aryan will be held tomorrow.
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